TITLE 17
Elections

CHAPTER 17-12
Party Committees and Conventions

SECTION 17-12-15

§ 17-12-15 Qualifying as a political party
through independent candidacy. 
An independent candidate for governor or president of the United States in a
general election shall not be entitled to establish a political party,
notwithstanding that the candidate shall receive five percent (5%) of the votes
cast as provided in § 17-1-2(9), unless the candidate shall, at the time
of filing a declaration of candidacy, simultaneously indicate, on a form
provided by the secretary of state, the candidate's intent to establish a
political party, together with the name of the political organization which the
candidate represents and the names and addresses of the chairperson and
secretary of the organization.